I made this card at the beginning of the month and it spawned a couple of others – I just changed colours, DSP, ribbon, stamps and shapes and they became totally different cards, but the basic layout is the same. It’s amazing how different they look. The other two can be seen here and here.

I decided that I really needed to actually use my DSP instead of just looking at it and started with one of my favourites – the All is Calm DSP from the Holiday catalogue which has just disappeared from the clearance rack. Sorry about that, but as you can see from the other “copies” of this card, you can use any DSP. I tried the DSP on the bases of all of the colours in the DSP and decided that it looked best on lost lagoon. Then I used my stampin’ write markers in lost lagoon, soft sky and pear pizzazz (still hooked on this combination!) to colour in the image from the Stampin’ Up! Embellished Events set. I originally cropped the image as a square but I was struggling with the layout. My sister (knowing my issues with ribbon) suggested trying ribbon but it wasn’t until I changed the square to an oval, that I really liked it. I think that perhaps the square was just a few too many more vertical and horizontal lines. After matting the oval in lost lagoon, I turned to the ribbon. I tried both pear pizzazz and lost lagoon but you can see that lost lagoon one. I tried to tie a bow but it seemed a bit too girly so I just did an overhand knot and fixed the ends of the ribbon under the DSP with glue dots. I found that it was easier to figure out the placement if I adhered the ribbon before the image.